A woman was dragged into the woods and raped in Daytona Beach early Monday morning, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.

The victim told deputies a man grabbed her at gunpoint as she was walking near Freemont and South Ridgewood avenues just after 12 a.m. Monday.

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Deputies said the assailant dragged the victim into the woods and then raped her. He also took the victim’s purse and two cellphones, deputies said.

After the assailant left, the victim called police from a nearby pay phone.

"He just told me to do what he wanted me to do because he was calling the shots and I told him that I didn't have any money or anything in my purse," the woman told a 911 operator. "He took and threw me in the woods, he had a um, he had a gun and he took me in the woods and he got my my purse and he took off and he, he he raped me."

The victim's friend arrived at about the same time as police.

"She told me after she left my house and was walking, and a dude comes up behind her and draws a gun on her," said the victim's friend, Dan Reed.

Deputies said the victim had several scrapes and bruises. She was taken to a rape crisis center.